August 16, 2016 — Vernon County
Sand prairie upland of the Upper Mississippi NWR on the west side of Prairie Ln just SE of Stoddard sewage lagoons.
Common Green Darner (
Anax junius)
Photographed
Several mature males patrolling. Also many immature males and females flushed from grassy weed areas.
Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)
Observed
1 male
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)
Observed
1 immature female
Black Saddlebags (
Tramea lacerata)
Photographed
5-10 immatures flushed from vegetation.
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)
Observed
2 females
Eastern Pondhawk (
Erythemis simplicicollis)
Photographed
several females and immature males perched and feeding in grassy vegetation
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (
Libellula pulchella)
Photographed
2 males
White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum)
Observed
1 female
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Observed
40-50 males and females in vegetation.
Familiar Bluet (
Enallagma civile)
Photographed
2 males
Skimming Bluet (
Enallagma geminatum)
Photographed
1 male
Tule Bluet (Enallagma carunculatum)
Observed
30-40 males and females.